Pat Tryson is taking on crew chief duties for Nelson Piquet Jr. and the #30 Nationwide Series team at Turner Scott Motorsports. Tryson most recently worked for BK Racing with David Reutimann and the #83 team, but the veteran crew chief has an extensive motorsports resume that includes eight career wins during his tenure at Roush Fenway Racing with Mark Martin and Penske Racing with Kurt Busch. Tryson replaces Chris Carrier, who led Piquet to two wins and a career-high finish of seventh in the truck series in 2012. However, this season Piquet has not shown the same promise in the Nationwide Series. In 20 starts, Piquet has produced just two top-10 finishes. Carrier was reassigned to work with Ben Kennedy, the 21-year-old great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France. Kennedy will race at Bristol in the truck series Aug. 21.( Fox Sports )(8-8-2013) UPDATE: The story has been pulled from the Fox Sports site.(8-9-2013) UPDATE 2: Turner Scott Motorsports announced today that the team has named Pat Tryson as crew chief for the #30 NASCAR Nationwide Series entry. Tryson will take over the crew chief duties for Nelson Piquet Jr. starting in the August 23 race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Tryson, a NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series veteran has served as crew chief for 516 events, earning a total of 10 wins, 66 top-five, 139-top 10s and four poles throughout the three series. The Malvern, Pa. native earned his first career win with Elliott Sadler in 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chris Carrier will serve as crew chief for Ben Kennedy in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Bristol on August 21 and will take over crew chief duties for a fourth entry for Turner Scott Motorsports. The fourth truck will run a limited schedule for the remainder of the season.(TSM)
